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architecture and design magazineSun, 02 Aug 2015 21:49:42 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2Vivienne Westwood launches Virgin Atlantic uniformshttp://www.dezeen.com/2014/07/02/vivienne-westwood-launches-virgin-atlantic-uniforms/
http://www.dezeen.com/2014/07/02/vivienne-westwood-launches-virgin-atlantic-uniforms/#commentsWed, 02 Jul 2014 11:00:58 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=488731British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has unveiled her line of uniforms for airline Virgin Atlantic. Vivienne Westwood has redesigned the full range of uniforms for the 7500 members of staff working on Richard Branson's airline. "She was the natural choice to redesign the uniform across all areas of our business," said a statement from the […]

Vivienne Westwood has redesigned the full range of uniforms for the 7500 members of staff working on Richard Branson's airline.

"She was the natural choice to redesign the uniform across all areas of our business," said a statement from the airline. "Firstly because original design and sustainability are vital to both Virgin Atlantic and Vivienne Westwood."

]]>http://www.dezeen.com/2014/07/02/vivienne-westwood-launches-virgin-atlantic-uniforms/feed/6Virgin Atlantic bar by VW+BS is "the longest in the sky"http://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/06/virgin-atlantic-upper-class-bar-cabin-vw-bs/
http://www.dezeen.com/2014/06/06/virgin-atlantic-upper-class-bar-cabin-vw-bs/#commentsFri, 06 Jun 2014 15:00:09 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=472095Inside Festival 2014: in the second part of our movie interview with Voon Wong of VW+BS, the Inside Festival 2014 judge discusses his studio's upper class bar and cabin for airline Virgin Atlantic. "The bar is at the point where you enter the plane," says Wong. "We angled it so that it's the first thing […]

]]>Inside Festival 2014: in the second part of our movie interview with Voon Wong of VW+BS, the Inside Festival 2014 judge discusses his studio's upper class bar and cabin for airline Virgin Atlantic.Virgin Atlantic upper class bar by VW+BS

"The bar is at the point where you enter the plane," says Wong. "We angled it so that it's the first thing you see. They call it the longest bar in the sky, because it is angled. We wanted to have that visual impact when you come in."

The bar was designed for Airbus A330 planes and has been flying for two years on routes to New York, India and the Caribbean.

Virgin Atlantic upper class bar by VW+BS

As well as the bar itself, VW+BS also designed the stools and cabin interior. Wong says that his studio approached the project as a small piece of self-contained architecture.

"It's basically a little cabin within the aeroplane cabin, a little piece of architecture as it were," he says. "We wanted to make sure that there is no noise pollution to the passengers at the front."

Virgin Atlantic upper class bar by VW+BS

He continues: "I don't see any differentiation between architecture and interior design. I think it is pretty much the same animal. The problems that arise in architecture will arise in interior design as well."

"I think a good interior designer will be able to organise the space will be able to solve the problems but within the walls rather than exteriorly."

Voon Wong of VW+BS

Voon Wong is a judge at this year's Inside Festival, which commissioned the movie.

"My clothes have always got a very strong dynamic rapport with the body - they are very body conscious, they help you to look glamorous, more hourglass, more woman," said the designer.

For the men, Westwood has come up with a tailored three-piece suit in burgundy wool.

The outfits make use of recycled materials including canvas, leather off-cuts and polyester yarn produced from plastic bottles.

The uniforms will debut in July before their official launch next year, when they will be worn by over 7500 members of staff, including cabin crew and pilots.

This isn't the first time Westwood and Branson have crossed paths – the punk designer was onboard a boat trip organised by Branson in 1977 for the Sex Pistols, the latest signings to his Virgin record label.

]]>http://www.dezeen.com/2013/05/02/vivienne-westwood-designs-virgin-atlantic-uniforms/feed/4Upper Class Suite by Pengelly Design and Virgin Atlantichttp://www.dezeen.com/2012/05/15/upper-class-suite-by-pengelly-design-and-virgin-atlantic/
http://www.dezeen.com/2012/05/15/upper-class-suite-by-pengelly-design-and-virgin-atlantic/#commentsTue, 15 May 2012 10:14:12 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=210126London studio Pengelly Design has created an airline seat that converts into a 2.2-metre-long bed for Virgin Atlantic. Created in collaboration with the Virgin Atlantic design team, the seats were arranged four-abreast in a diagonal configuration that means all passengers have an aisle seat. Carbon-fibre screens surround the chairs to integrate storage, reading lights and touch-screen monitors. […]

We are proud to introduce Virgin Atlantic’s new Upper Class Suite designed by Pengelly Design in partnership with Virgin Atlantic Design. Together we’ve immersed ourselves in every aspect of the Suites’ development over the last four and half years and we’re thrilled with the result which is already on selected flights and will be installed on all of Virgin Atlantic's new Airbus A330 aircraft throughout 2012 and on the new Boeing 787-900’s.

The team was tasked with designing a new passenger environment - a blank canvas with which to invigorate the flying experience with more luxury, comfort and a sense of discovery. The aim was to create a sophisticated and uplifting product developed to include some revolutionary features.

The development of the unique 4 abreast herringbone configuration has allowed us to fully optimize cabin space, giving more room to each passenger whilst actually increasing the amount of seats within the cabin, providing every passenger with their own aisle access, ensuring an uninterrupted journey.

The new Upper Class Suite has been designed with a ‘furniture aesthetic’, our speciality, moving it away from the traditional aircraft feel towards a more domestic and familiar experience, providing a secure, wonderfully private and calming space.

We’ve spent months shaping and reshaping the form of every surface and curve of the carbon fibre chair-surround to encapsulate all the functional features a traveller needs whilst ensuring each surround is as thin as possible to maximise personal space.

Every effort went into the provision of intuitive and easily accessible passenger elements in seat and bed mode in addition to providing as much individual storage as possible.

The chair itself features an innovative comfort system for aircraft seating that provides an unparalleled level of repose for long haul flight. This system also provides an equally high degree of comfort to the bed which at 87 inches is now the longest fully flat business class bed ever developed.

The Suite contains nothing superfluous, quietly understated it’s an environment in which to explore and discover your own space, the materials used are designed to enrich your journey and give you the sense of being looked after. Every feature cleverly designed, positioned and blended into the surround such as the flexible reading light, fold out cocktail tray and fully adjustable touchscreen monitor for ease of viewing in every chair and bed position.